Worried about Dylan's Teeth

Dylan is almost 23 months and only has SIX teeth - 4 on top and 2 on the bottom - and not a sign of another coming.....Olivia got her teeth late but once she started she kept getting them - I got my teeth late too so it isn't so much that he got them late but it seems they have stopped coming - is it possible he only has SIX teeth in his mouth? I am starting to get kinda worried - I have to take him to the Dentist - he was supposed to go about a month ago - they cancelled because the dentist was out of town for a family emergency so I need to get him back in there but I am kinda afraid of what they will tell me.......

Hum, to be honest I'm really not sure what to think. I would probably call his ped/doc to see what he/she says. Personally, the boys doc knows more about this kind of thing than our dentist, even though he doesn't specialize in teeth. So I would ask the doc before the dentist, but that is just me. Other dentist's may be more knowledgeable.

The only thing I have heard is that the later they come in and fall out, the more straight their teeth are suppose to be. However, I was a late bloomer and my teeth are horridly crooked, so I don't know how much of that I believe. Tanner is 18 months and he has the top 4 and bottom 4, and it was only recently he got his molars in.

I dont remember when Jakes teeth came in ,but he didnt have any for a long long time, and then when they did, they all came in at once...
maybe that will happen with him also, can you feel anything on his gums at all?

It took Raygens teeth a while. I was always told the longer it takes the healthier the teeth will be. I am not sure if thats true or not though. I would ask the ped just to be safe

Yea - I did ask the Ped - he gave me some speech about bone maturation, blah blah blah which kinda didn't answer my question - we go to a Pediatric Dentist - I called and we have an appt. next Monday - the woman I spoke to to make the appt. didn't think there was a problem but for all I know she was the cleaning lady I do see one on the bottom that looks like it might be popping through but he blows a gasket every time I try to look so.....

As for late bloomer, straight, healthy, all that - BOTH my kids suck there thumb - its a known fact in our house that either DH or I will have to have an affair with an orthodontist its all good though since its out in the open and we have a goal in mind

A pediatric dentist...I never even thought about them. Duh! I don't even know if we have any ped. dentist's around here. We see a family dentist, but now that you mention it, it sure would be nice to send the boys to one...especially since Tanner wasn't the best patient last time around.